SCP-001 (Kate McTiriss’s Proposal)



Item #: SCP-001

Object Class: Thaumiel (Subjective assessment)

Special Containment Procedures: It was the unanimous subjective opinion of the Site Directors' Executive Committee of the Whole1 on May 3, 20██ that the SCP-001 database entry slot should be locked to edits and only made available for modification with seven (7) private keys belonging to members of the O5 Council. It was the majority subjective opinion of SDECotW that the object believed to have been most recently designated SCP-001 should no longer be given an SCP designation, and should be stored in a standard high-value containment locker in Site-19.

It was the unanimous opinion of SDECotW that no objective claims or statements should be made in the main SCP-001 page of the Foundation Database under any circumstances, only verifiably true records of the opinions of Foundation governing bodies in the past.

It was the majority opinion of the O5 Council on May 3, 20██ that in the event that Entity Thaumiel, Dr. Mary Nakayama, or any entity claiming to be either makes contact with the SCP Foundation, they will be referred to the O5 Council for negotiation and cooperation. It was the majority opinion of the O5 Council that no efforts will be made at this time to neutralize Entity Thaumiel or the vulnerabilities of the SCP-001 database position.

Description: It was the unanimous opinion of SDECotW and the O5 Council on May 3, 20██ that any statement of fact made on this specific SCP Foundation Database page ⦿/Procedures/001/SCP-001.ftml becomes objectively true. The prior unanimous opinion of SDECotW and the O5 Council holds that modifications to this page have vast, and potentially infinite, Category–Aleph Room ("Greatest Concern") reality modification consequences; the prior unanimous opinion of SDECotW and the O5 Council held that no further testing on these effects is to occur due to the potential XK/CK/LK/VK/ZK/תK-Class Scenarios believed to be highly probable with said testing.

It was the unanimous opinion of SDECotW that other pages within the ⦿/Procedures/001/ portion of the Foundation Database have no anomalous effects, and that prior versions of the SCP-001 database leading to the believed discovery of SCP-001's effects and the possible creation of Entity Thaumiel are to be stored as subpages in this directory for reference.

It was the unanimous opinion of SDECotW that all blank spots on the Foundation database shall be checked for further Category–Aleph Room reality modification anomalies, and that only a series of 1,000 thoroughly checked database spots shall be available to Foundation personnel for the designation of new Special Containment Procedures at any given time.

▽ ⦿/Procedures/001/Past/Feb_18,_20██_1.ftml

Foundation Database changelog:

- mnakayama, Feb 18 20██ 11:34 AM

Item #: SCP-001

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-001 is to be kept in a standard low-value containment locker at Site-91a. Additional research into SCP-001's effects will be the responsibility of Site-91a Chief Numerologist Dr. Mary Nakayama.

Description: SCP-001 is a vinyl record containing Esquivel's 1958 album Exploring New Sounds in Stereo(RCA). The album has an anomalous impact on digital numerical lists that contain it. The album, when listed in text saved digitally, will always be listed first, even if it was intended to be listed in another position.2

SCP-001 was sent to Billboard magazine as a review copy prior to its release in 1958. Its effects were not noticed until December 20██, when Billboard intern M. S██████, tasked with updating the manual files of review albums in magazine headquarters to a database format noted SCP-001's effects and reported it to superiors.3

Efforts to locate the RCA employee(s) responsible for sending SCP-001 to Billboard are ongoing. Primary Containment Theory currently holds that SCP-001 was a crude attemtp to manipulate Billboard 's album rankings which failed due to the manual typesetting in use by the magazine at the time.

▷ ⦿/Procedures/001/Past/Feb_18,_20██_2.ftml

Foundation Database changelog:

- mnakayama, Feb 18 20██ 11:41 AM

Item #: SCP-001

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-001 is to be kept in a standard low-value containment locker at Site-91a. Additional research into SCP-001's effects will be the responsibility of Site-91a Chief Numerologist Dr. Mary Nakayama.

Description: SCP-001 is a vinyl record containing Esquivel's 1958 album Exploring New Sounds in Stereo(RCA). The album has an anomalous impact on digital numerical lists that contain it. The album, when listed in text saved digitally, will always be listed first, even if it was intended to be listed in another position.2

SCP-001 was sent to Billboard magazine as a review copy prior to its release in 1958. Its effects were not noticed until December 20██, when Billboard intern M. S██████, tasked with updating the manual files of review albums in magazine headquarters to a database format noted SCP-001's effects and reported it to superiors.3

Efforts to locate the RCA employee(s) responsible for sending SCP-001 to Billboard are ongoing. Primary Containment Theory currently holds that SCP-001 was a crude A̶t̶t̶e̶m̶t̶p̶ attempt to manipulate Billboard 's album rankings which failed due to the manual typesetting in use by the magazine at the time.

▷ ⦿/Procedures/001/Past/Apr_1,_20██_1.ftml

Foundation Database changelog:

- mnakayama, Apr 1 20██ 9:41 AM

Item #: SCP-001

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-001 is to be kept in a standard low-value containment locker at Site-91a. Additional research into SCP-001's effects will be the responsibility of Site-91a Chief Numerologist Dr. Mary Nakayama. All Level 2 researchers in Site-91a shall give Dr. Nakayama $5, if possible, over her lunch break on April 1, 20██.

Description: SCP-001 is a vinyl record containing Esquivel's 1958 album Exploring New Sounds in Stereo(RCA). The album has an anomalous impact on digital numerical lists that contain it. The album, when listed in text saved digitally, will always be listed first, even if it was intended to be listed in another position.2

SCP-001 was sent to Billboard magazine as a review copy prior to its release in 1958. Its effects were not noticed until December 20██, when Billboard intern M. S██████, tasked with updating the manual files of review albums in magazine headquarters to a database format noted SCP-001's effects and reported it to superiors.3

Efforts to locate the RCA employee(s) responsible for sending SCP-001 to Billboard are ongoing. Primary Containment Theory currently holds that SCP-001 was a crude attempt to manipulate Billboard 's album rankings which failed due to the manual typesetting in use by the magazine at the time.

▷ ⦿/Procedures/001/Past/Apr_1,_20██_2.ftml

Foundation Database changelog:

- mnakayama, Apr 1 20██ 12:54 PM.

Item #: SCP-001

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-001 is to be kept in a standard low-value containment locker at Site-91a. Additional research into SCP-001's effects will be the responsibility of Site-91a Chief Numerologist Dr. Mary Nakayama. A̶l̶l̶ L̶e̶v̶e̶l̶ 2̶ r̶e̶s̶e̶a̶r̶c̶h̶e̶r̶s̶ i̶n̶ S̶i̶t̶e̶-̶9̶1̶a̶ s̶h̶a̶l̶l̶ g̶i̶v̶e̶ D̶r̶. N̶a̶k̶a̶y̶a̶m̶a̶ $̶5̶, i̶f̶ p̶o̶s̶s̶i̶b̶l̶e̶, o̶v̶e̶r̶ h̶e̶r̶ l̶u̶n̶c̶h̶ b̶r̶e̶a̶k̶ o̶n̶ A̶p̶r̶i̶l̶ 1̶, 2̶0̶██.

Description: SCP-001 is a vinyl record containing Esquivel's 1958 album Exploring New Sounds in Stereo(RCA). The album has an anomalous impact on digital numerical lists that contain it. The album, when listed in text saved digitally, will always be listed first, even if it was intended to be listed in another position.2

SCP-001 was sent to Billboard magazine as a review copy prior to its release in 1958. Its effects were not noticed until December 20██, when Billboard intern M. S██████, tasked with updating the manual files of review albums in magazine headquarters to a database format noted SCP-001's effects and reported it to superiors.3

Efforts to locate the RCA employee(s) responsible for sending SCP-001 to Billboard are ongoing. Primary Containment Theory currently holds that SCP-001 was a crude attempt to manipulate Billboard 's album rankings which failed due to the manual typesetting in use by the magazine at the time.

▽ ⦿/Procedures/001/Past/Apr_1,_20██_3.ftml

Foundation Database changelog:

- mnakayama, Apr 1 20██ 9:09 PM.

Item #: SCP-001

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-001 is to be kept in a standard low-value containment locker at Site-91a. Additional research into SCP-001's effects will be the responsibility of Site-91a Chief Numerologist Dr. Mary Nakayama. Dr. Nakayama's desk nameplate is colored green for easy identification.

Description: SCP-001 is a vinyl record containing Esquivel's 1958 album Exploring New Sounds in Stereo(RCA). The album has an anomalous impact on digital numerical lists that contain it. The album, when listed in text saved digitally, will always be listed first, even if it was intended to be listed in another position.2

SCP-001 was sent to Billboard magazine as a review copy prior to its release in 1958. Its effects were not noticed until December 20██, when Billboard intern M. S██████, tasked with updating the manual files of review albums in magazine headquarters to a database format noted SCP-001's effects and reported it to superiors.3

Efforts to locate the RCA employee(s) responsible for sending SCP-001 to Billboard are ongoing. Primary Containment Theory currently holds that SCP-001 was a crude attempt to manipulate Billboard 's album rankings which failed due to the manual typesetting in use by the magazine at the time.

▷ ⦿/Procedures/001/Past/Apr_2,_20██_1.ftml

Foundation Database changelog:

- mnakayama, Apr 2 20██ 8:09 AM.

Item #: SCP-001

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-001 is to be kept in a standard low-value containment locker at Site-91a. Additional research into SCP-001's effects will be the responsibility of Site-91a Chief Numerologist Dr. Mary Nakayama. D̶r̶. N̶a̶k̶a̶y̶a̶m̶a̶'s̶ d̶e̶s̶k̶ n̶a̶m̶e̶p̶l̶a̶t̶e̶ i̶s̶ c̶o̶l̶o̶r̶e̶d̶ g̶r̶e̶e̶n̶ f̶o̶r̶ e̶a̶s̶y̶ i̶d̶e̶n̶t̶i̶f̶i̶c̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶. Personnel are advised that Dr. Nakayama will be likely unavailable until Apr 9, 20██, as she has been granted paid vacation days by Site Director Green for this time span.

Description: SCP-001 is a vinyl record containing Esquivel's 1958 album Exploring New Sounds in Stereo(RCA). The album has an anomalous impact on digital numerical lists that contain it. The album, when listed in text saved digitally, will always be listed first, even if it was intended to be listed in another position.2

SCP-001 was sent to Billboard magazine as a review copy prior to its release in 1958. Its effects were not noticed until December 20██, when Billboard intern M. S██████, tasked with updating the manual files of review albums in magazine headquarters to a database format noted SCP-001's effects and reported it to superiors.3

Efforts to locate the RCA employee(s) responsible for sending SCP-001 to Billboard are ongoing. Primary Containment Theory currently holds that SCP-001 was a crude attempt to manipulate Billboard 's album rankings which failed due to the manual typesetting in use by the magazine at the time.

▷ ⦿/Procedures/001/Past/Apr_9,_20██_1.ftml

Foundation Database changelog:

- mnakayama, Apr 9 20██ 10:40 AM.

Item #: SCP-001

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-001 is to be kept in a standard low-value containment locker at Site-91a. Additional research into SCP-001's effects will be the responsibility of S̶i̶t̶e̶-̶9̶1̶a̶ C̶h̶i̶e̶f̶ N̶u̶m̶e̶r̶o̶l̶o̶g̶i̶s̶t̶ Dr. Mary Nakayama. P̶e̶r̶s̶o̶n̶n̶e̶l̶ a̶r̶e̶ a̶d̶v̶i̶s̶e̶d̶ t̶h̶a̶t̶ D̶r̶. N̶a̶k̶a̶y̶a̶m̶a̶ w̶i̶l̶l̶ b̶e̶ l̶i̶k̶e̶l̶y̶ u̶n̶a̶v̶a̶i̶l̶a̶b̶l̶e̶ u̶n̶t̶i̶l̶ A̶p̶r̶ 9̶, 2̶0̶██, a̶s̶ s̶h̶e̶ h̶a̶s̶ b̶e̶e̶n̶ g̶r̶a̶n̶t̶e̶d̶ p̶a̶i̶d̶ v̶a̶c̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ d̶a̶y̶s̶ b̶y̶ S̶i̶t̶e̶ D̶i̶r̶e̶c̶t̶o̶r̶ G̶r̶e̶e̶n̶ f̶o̶r̶ t̶h̶i̶s̶ t̶i̶m̶e̶ s̶p̶a̶n̶. Dr. Nakayama, Chief Numerologist at Site-91a until Apr 9, will be promoted to Site Co-Director alongside Dr. Green at noon on Apr 9. She will retain sole responsibility over SCP-001.

Description: SCP-001 is a vinyl record containing Esquivel's 1958 album Exploring New Sounds in Stereo(RCA). The album has an anomalous impact on digital numerical lists that contain it. The album, when listed in text saved digitally, will always be listed first, even if it was intended to be listed in another position.2

SCP-001 was sent to Billboard magazine as a review copy prior to its release in 1958. Its effects were not noticed until December 20██, when Billboard intern M. S██████, tasked with updating the manual files of review albums in magazine headquarters to a database format noted SCP-001's effects and reported it to superiors.3

Efforts to locate the RCA employee(s) responsible for sending SCP-001 to Billboard are ongoing. Primary Containment Theory currently holds that SCP-001 was a crude attempt to manipulate Billboard 's album rankings which failed due to the manual typesetting in use by the magazine at the time.

▷ ⦿/Procedures/001/Past/May_3,_20██_1.ftml

Foundation Database changelog:

- mnakayama, May 3 20██ 4:11 AM.

I̶t̶e̶m̶ #̶:̶ S̶C̶P̶-̶0̶0̶1̶

O̶b̶j̶e̶c̶t̶ C̶l̶a̶s̶s̶:̶ S̶a̶f̶e̶

S̶p̶e̶c̶i̶a̶l̶ C̶o̶n̶t̶a̶i̶n̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ P̶r̶o̶c̶e̶d̶u̶r̶e̶s̶:̶ S̶C̶P̶-̶0̶0̶1̶ i̶s̶ t̶o̶ b̶e̶ k̶e̶p̶t̶ i̶n̶ a̶ s̶t̶a̶n̶d̶a̶r̶d̶ l̶o̶w̶-̶v̶a̶l̶u̶e̶ c̶o̶n̶t̶a̶i̶n̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ l̶o̶c̶k̶e̶r̶ a̶t̶ S̶i̶t̶e̶-̶9̶1̶a̶. A̶d̶d̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ r̶e̶s̶e̶a̶r̶c̶h̶ i̶n̶t̶o̶ S̶C̶P̶-̶0̶0̶1̶'s̶ e̶f̶f̶e̶c̶t̶s̶ w̶i̶l̶l̶ b̶e̶ t̶h̶e̶ r̶e̶s̶p̶o̶n̶s̶i̶b̶i̶l̶i̶t̶y̶ o̶f̶ D̶r̶. M̶a̶r̶y̶ N̶a̶k̶a̶y̶a̶m̶a̶. D̶r̶. N̶a̶k̶a̶y̶a̶m̶a̶, C̶h̶i̶e̶f̶ N̶u̶m̶e̶r̶o̶l̶o̶g̶i̶s̶t̶ a̶t̶ S̶i̶t̶e̶-̶9̶1̶a̶ u̶n̶t̶i̶l̶ A̶p̶r̶ 9̶, w̶i̶l̶l̶ b̶e̶ p̶r̶o̶m̶o̶t̶e̶d̶ t̶o̶ S̶i̶t̶e̶ C̶o̶-̶D̶i̶r̶e̶c̶t̶o̶r̶ a̶l̶o̶n̶g̶s̶i̶d̶e̶ D̶r̶. G̶r̶e̶e̶n̶ a̶t̶ n̶o̶o̶n̶ o̶n̶ A̶p̶r̶ 9̶. S̶h̶e̶ w̶i̶l̶l̶ r̶e̶t̶a̶i̶n̶ s̶o̶l̶e̶ r̶e̶s̶p̶o̶n̶s̶i̶b̶i̶l̶i̶t̶y̶ o̶v̶e̶r̶ S̶C̶P̶-̶0̶0̶1̶.

D̶e̶s̶c̶r̶i̶p̶t̶i̶o̶n̶:̶ S̶C̶P̶-̶0̶0̶1̶ i̶s̶ a̶ v̶i̶n̶y̶l̶ r̶e̶c̶o̶r̶d̶ c̶o̶n̶t̶a̶i̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ E̶s̶q̶u̶i̶v̶e̶l̶'s̶ 1̶9̶5̶8̶ a̶l̶b̶u̶m̶ E̶x̶p̶l̶o̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ N̶e̶w̶ S̶o̶u̶n̶d̶s̶ i̶n̶ S̶t̶e̶r̶e̶o̶(̶R̶C̶A̶)̶. T̶h̶e̶ a̶l̶b̶u̶m̶ h̶a̶s̶ a̶n̶ a̶n̶o̶m̶a̶l̶o̶u̶s̶ i̶m̶p̶a̶c̶t̶ o̶n̶ d̶i̶g̶i̶t̶a̶l̶ n̶u̶m̶e̶r̶i̶c̶a̶l̶ l̶i̶s̶t̶s̶ t̶h̶a̶t̶ c̶o̶n̶t̶a̶i̶n̶ i̶t̶. T̶h̶e̶ a̶l̶b̶u̶m̶, w̶h̶e̶n̶ l̶i̶s̶t̶e̶d̶ i̶n̶ t̶e̶x̶t̶ s̶a̶v̶e̶d̶ d̶i̶g̶i̶t̶a̶l̶l̶y̶, w̶i̶l̶l̶ a̶l̶w̶a̶y̶s̶ b̶e̶ l̶i̶s̶t̶e̶d̶ f̶i̶r̶s̶t̶, e̶v̶e̶n̶ i̶f̶ i̶t̶ w̶a̶s̶ i̶n̶t̶e̶n̶d̶e̶d̶ t̶o̶ b̶e̶ l̶i̶s̶t̶e̶d̶ i̶n̶ a̶n̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ p̶o̶s̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶.2̶

S̶C̶P̶-̶0̶0̶1̶ w̶a̶s̶ s̶e̶n̶t̶ t̶o̶ B̶i̶l̶l̶b̶o̶a̶r̶d̶ m̶a̶g̶a̶z̶i̶n̶e̶ a̶s̶ a̶ r̶e̶v̶i̶e̶w̶ c̶o̶p̶y̶ p̶r̶i̶o̶r̶ t̶o̶ i̶t̶s̶ r̶e̶l̶e̶a̶s̶e̶ i̶n̶ 1̶9̶5̶8̶. I̶t̶s̶ e̶f̶f̶e̶c̶t̶s̶ w̶e̶r̶e̶ n̶o̶t̶ n̶o̶t̶i̶c̶e̶d̶ u̶n̶t̶i̶l̶ D̶e̶c̶e̶m̶b̶e̶r̶ 2̶0̶██, w̶h̶e̶n̶ B̶i̶l̶l̶b̶o̶a̶r̶d̶ i̶n̶t̶e̶r̶n̶ M̶. S̶██████, t̶a̶s̶k̶e̶d̶ w̶i̶t̶h̶ u̶p̶d̶a̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ t̶h̶e̶ m̶a̶n̶u̶a̶l̶ f̶i̶l̶e̶s̶ o̶f̶ r̶e̶v̶i̶e̶w̶ a̶l̶b̶u̶m̶s̶ i̶n̶ m̶a̶g̶a̶z̶i̶n̶e̶ h̶e̶a̶d̶q̶u̶a̶r̶t̶e̶r̶s̶ t̶o̶ a̶ d̶a̶t̶a̶b̶a̶s̶e̶ f̶o̶r̶m̶a̶t̶ n̶o̶t̶e̶d̶ S̶C̶P̶-̶0̶0̶1̶'s̶ e̶f̶f̶e̶c̶t̶s̶ a̶n̶d̶ r̶e̶p̶o̶r̶t̶e̶d̶ i̶t̶ t̶o̶ s̶u̶p̶e̶r̶i̶o̶r̶s̶.3̶

E̶f̶f̶o̶r̶t̶s̶ t̶o̶ l̶o̶c̶a̶t̶e̶ t̶h̶e̶ R̶C̶A̶ e̶m̶p̶l̶o̶y̶e̶e̶(̶s̶)̶ r̶e̶s̶p̶o̶n̶s̶i̶b̶l̶e̶ f̶o̶r̶ s̶e̶n̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ S̶C̶P̶-̶0̶0̶1̶ t̶o̶ B̶i̶l̶l̶b̶o̶a̶r̶d̶ a̶r̶e̶ o̶n̶g̶o̶i̶n̶g̶. P̶r̶i̶m̶a̶r̶y̶ C̶o̶n̶t̶a̶i̶n̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ T̶h̶e̶o̶r̶y̶ c̶u̶r̶r̶e̶n̶t̶l̶y̶ h̶o̶l̶d̶s̶ t̶h̶a̶t̶ S̶C̶P̶-̶0̶0̶1̶ w̶a̶s̶ a̶ c̶r̶u̶d̶e̶ a̶t̶t̶e̶m̶p̶t̶ t̶o̶ m̶a̶n̶i̶p̶u̶l̶a̶t̶e̶ B̶i̶l̶l̶b̶o̶a̶r̶d̶'s̶ a̶l̶b̶u̶m̶ r̶a̶n̶k̶i̶n̶g̶s̶ w̶h̶i̶c̶h̶ f̶a̶i̶l̶e̶d̶ d̶u̶e̶ t̶o̶ t̶h̶e̶ m̶a̶n̶u̶a̶l̶ t̶y̶p̶e̶s̶e̶t̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ i̶n̶ u̶s̶e̶ b̶y̶ t̶h̶e̶ m̶a̶g̶a̶z̶i̶n̶e̶ a̶t̶ t̶h̶e̶ t̶i̶m̶e̶.

Mary Nakayama, immediately after the saving of this document, will attain omnipotence and omniscience, rising to and becoming Godhead. She will span all time and have complete dominion over this Universe and this Reality. Everything, everything under everything and everything over everything, will be at her command. She will gain all necessary mental faculties to process and utilize these abilities while maintaining uninterrupted consciousness.

Members of the O5 council will receive a note indicating the nature of SCP-001.

Her family will receive a note indicating her love for them.

Mary Nakayama disappeared from her quarters at Site-91a before 6 AM on May 3. She has not been located since.

▷ Document saved on Mary Nakayama's computer the morning of May 3, 20██

To the O5 Council,

When I was fifteen, I took enough pills to kill someone four times my size, downed with an entire bottle of cheap vodka that was the only thing I had left from the man who used me and left me broken and alone.

I sat in my shower with the hot water scalding me. I closed my eyes.

When I opened them, I was dry. I was well. I was in bed. At the door, a shining figure, a radiant light, hovered. It spoke to me with a voice that echoed in my mind, only. It said I had greater things to do.

I never saw It again. But I kept going. I believed that God descended and saved me. And, joining the Foundation, how could I not believe? What else could explain the fact that we were still here, still marvelously, desperately, screamingly alive? How else could the fabric of our world, our Everything, withstand such things that we behold every day? Something was protecting us. I prayed to it every night for guidance. I never heard its voice again.

I had been touched by God once, and that was a lifetime of fortune in one moment.

But when I changed the color of the nameplate on my desk just by hitting "save" on a text file, I realized something. The fabric of all things was open to me. I could put this power away, show you, conceal it. But…

What if this was what saved me? What if this was what saves us all, every day, from the abyssal terrors that rip and rend at our world's fragile stability? What if me hitting "Save" on a text file was the birth of God?

If it's not, then I tried. If it is, then I am watching. I will try to steer things right. It will take time.

Wish me luck.

- MN